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Bush Pentagon and Defense Contractors Couldn't Even Give Our Troops Enough Safe Drinking Water »
Posted by: metavirus 6 months, 1 week ago in Political News
New shocking reports have revealed that our troops have been forced to steal water because defense contractors such as Halliburton have either not provided enough ...
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Whoops: Anti-ACORN Bill Ropes In Defense Contractors, Others Charged With Fraud »
Posted by: mesodude 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Going after ACORN may be like shooting fish in a barrel lately -- but jumpy lawmakers used a bazooka to do it last week and may ...
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Three States may Sue FedEx for Labor Violations »
Posted by: WikiMap 1 month ago in News
Three U.S. states said on Tuesday they plan to sue FedEx Corp, accusing the second-largest U.S. package delivery company of violating labor laws ...
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Don’t let the Senate weaken Franken amendment »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month ago in Political News
Thanks to help from activists like you, lawmakers passed Sen. Al Franken’s (D-Minn.) amendment to bar defense contractors from forcing employees with sexual assault ...
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Time to Get Real About the ACORN "Controversy"--and Republican Double Standards »
Posted by: fsev41 2 months ago in Political Opinion
The Right wing has always hated ACORN. Partially that's because the organization has been so effective at allowing poor people to vote. The Right ...
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Iraqis detain 5 US contractors in Baghdad - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: mpchekuri 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
BAGHDAD – Five U.S. contractors have been detained in the investigation of the slaying of another American in Baghdad's Green Zone , officials said Sunday ...
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C.I.A. Sought Blackwaters Help in Plan to Kill Jihadists »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months ago in Political News
The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to locate and ...
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Outsourcing the War in Afghanistan »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Jeremy Scahill, Nation contributor and author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, appears on MSNBC's Morning Joe to ...
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Stimulus dollars going to accused contractors »
Posted by: BronxBomber 3 weeks, 1 day ago in Political News
Washington DC - President Obama and members of Congress told federal agencies earlier this year to avoid awarding funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ...
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You're Fired! CIA Axes $1000-A-Day Waterboarding Experts »
Posted by: rumple4skin 5 months, 1 week ago in News
The CIA has reportedly cut its ties to the two psychologists credited for being the architects of the CIA's brutal interrogation program after 9 ...
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NASA to shed jobs as shuttle retirement nears »
Posted by: suzanek 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The U.S. space agency NASA plans to eliminate 900 manufacturing jobs over the next five months as it prepares to retire its space shuttle ...
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Questions for Seymour M. Hersh »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
Is there any indication that the Obama Administration will be less amenable than its predecessors to the now-widespread use of private military contractors (such as ...
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Wiring in Iraq Called 'Catastrophic' »
Posted by: rumple4skin 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
A military team sent to evaluate electrical problems at U.S. facilities in Iraq determined there was a high risk that flawed wiring could cause ...
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The Obama Administration is Actually Increasing the US Presence in Iraq »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
Believe it or not, the U.S. presence in Iraq is growing under the leadership of antiwar president Barack Obama. A recent Washington Post by ...
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Cindy McCain Bankrolled Conference That Called for Ban on Mercenaries »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month ago in Political Opinion
A little-publicized US Naval Academy conference named after Senator John McCain and bankrolled by his wealthy wife, Cindy, issued a call earlier this year for ...
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